Center of attention: A network text analysis of American Sniper
Network Text Analysis (NTA) is a term used to describe a variety of software - supported methods for modeling texts as networks of concepts. In this study we apply NTA to the screenplay of American Sniper, an Academy Award nominee for Best Adapted S...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Montenegro
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Logos et Littera: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Text |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ll.ac.me/treci%20broj/Hunter%2045-61.pdf |
| Summary: | Network Text Analysis (NTA) is a
term used to describe a
variety of software
-
supported methods for modeling texts as networks of
concepts. In this study we apply NTA to the screenplay of American Sniper, an
Academy Award nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2014. Specifically, we
est
ablish prior expectations as to the key themes associated with war films. We
then empirically test whether words associated with the most influentially
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positioned nodes in the network signify themes common to the war
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film genre.
As predicted, we find tha
t words and concepts associated with the least
constrained nodes in the text network were significantly more likely to be
associated with the war genre and significantly less likely to be associated
with
genres to which the film did not belong. |
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| ISSN: | 2336-9884 2336-9884 |